Dating whiskey bottles

· 30-Jul-2016 19:43

Notice also how unlike most pontil marks, the Owens ring covers the whole base of this bottle.The base of the second bottle whose lip was shown above right is displayed here.The picture below at the left shows an iron pontil on the base jof a historical flask circa 1865.The middle picture shows an open pontil on the base of a cylindrical medicine bottle.

Bill Lindsey discusses antique bottles, including mouth blown bottles, bitters, figurals, inks, medicines, flasks, and many other varieties.In the 1920s, the bottle mimicked early forms which were hand tooled and sealed with a cork.The automatic bottle machine was much more precise in gathering an exact amount of glass and the same amount of glass for each bottle this consistency lead to more uniform products.He also explains the history and methods of early bottle production, and how diggers find bottles. One approach to helping beginner identify their old bottles involves show them the bases of old bottles.